| Deposit ID | 10014712 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D011601 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Black Jack No. 2 Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Mine: Unc |
| Related records | 10248344 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -108.25397, 35.53283 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2262 |
| Relative position | ABOUT 35.6 MILES N41W OF GRANTS, NM. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
McKinley(county)
New Mexico(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Mariano Lake(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Gallup(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Gallup(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Upper Puerco(hydrologic unit)
Little Colorado(hydrologic accounting unit)
Little Colorado(hydrologic subregion)
Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
BIA(Federal land areas administered by BIA)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | New Mexico | McKinley |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | 015N | 013W | 18 | NW | New Mexico |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Uranium | Primary |
| Vanadium Critical | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Coffinite | Ore |
| Uraninite | Ore |
| Vanadinite | Ore |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone | ||||
| Rock unit name | Morrison | ||||
| Rock description | Morrison | ||||
| |||||
| (1) | -108.25397, 35.53283 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Mariano (Smith) Lake Anticline |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | A Fracture System Trending N55w; A Syncline Formed By The Regional Dip |
| General form | TABULAR |
|---|---|
| Thickness | 18.29M |
| Length | 914.4M |
| Width | 243.84M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Medium |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1957 |
| Discoverer | Sabre-Pinon Corp., Grants, Nm |
| Year of first production | 1959 |
| Year of last production | 1964 |
| Year | 1964 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Period | 1959 To 1964 | ||||||||||||||
| Accuracy | Accurate | ||||||||||||||
| Description | Cp_Grade: ^0.23 Percent U3o8 | ||||||||||||||
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| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Overall depth | 100.58M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D011601 |
HOSKINS, W.G., 1963, NMBMMR MEM 15, P. 49-52
HILPERT, L.S., 1969, USGS PP 603, P. 42
HOLMQUIST, R.J., 1970, USAEC RME-172, P. 20
ANDERSON, O.J., 1980, NMBMMR OFR-148
MCLEMORE, V.T., 1983, NMBMMR OFR-183, APPENDIX 1
NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | THE ORE OCCURS IN SEVERAL LARGE, IRREGULARLY-SHAPED DEPOSITS. THE BEST ORE OCCURS WHERE THE SANDSTONE IS GRAY, CROSS-BEDDED AND COARSE-GRAINED. THE ORE PODS ARE UNOXIDIZED. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-MAR-1984 | Murray, Diane | New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources |
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